Gia Carangi
Hi I just wanted to know if she appears in this documentary... I guess so... thank you very much for your answer.
shareGia died at 26 from AIDS. Forever young, I suppose.
shareI also think so, She was more beautiful and much better than many of the models who appeared in documentary.
shareHow is she better than any of those women when she's the one who succumbed to drugs and a bad lifestyle that eventually got her killed? All those women in the documentary are at least still ALIVE and healthy. That to me tells me they were stronger people than Gia ever was. As for beauty: comparing Gia in her twenties to models past their prime is not really fair, is it. Look up any of them at Gia's age and then compare. Paulina Porizkova at that age could really give her a run for her money. But Gia was very pretty, sure enough.
sharei respect your opinion but in my personal opinion she was very pretty and completely authentic, she broke the rules and standards of fashion industry in late 70's and early 80's, She broke forever with the stereotype of perfect model (with blonde women especially), she didn't seem the typical silly model and boring in photos and that's why i admire her and i think that's why she was more important than many of the models featured in the documentary regardless of fame, i dislike when people talk about her death from AIDS or drug addiction, i don't base my admiration in her tragic life, i base my opinion and admiration in her short but brilliant career in modeling... paulina porizkova is a beautiful woman but doesn't impress me as gia, She's a overrated and monotonous model like many others, at least for me, but all opinions are respected and subjective.
shareLet's get one thing clear here: Gia's 'tragic' life was because of her own doing. She self destructed. I don't admire people who do that. She had it all and she threw it away. Her beauty is not an accomplishment, it's something she was born with, like hitting the jackpot in a lottery and then spending it on gambling and losing it all. The reason people still know who she is is because she never got old like the rest. She died. That's the same reason people still praise Marilyn Monroe. Basically, if you want to emulate their success, the recipe is to kill yourself when you're still young and pretty.
she broke the rules and standards of fashion industry in late 70's and early 80's
You're entitled to your opinion of course, but this statement you made above is patently false. I'm a fan of Gia as well, but let's be real - she didn't break any rules. She was disrespectful to important fashion people which blew people's mind back then because most people who want to be successful kiss important rich people's asses. Gia didn't do that because she was a rebel, she did it because she didn't realize she was being handed a golden career on a silver platter. By the time she realized she screwed up, she tried to make amends but she burned far too many bridges. Anyone who knows Gia's story knows she tried to get back into modeling at least twice.
A rebel is someone who works to take a corrupt system down, not a person who makes $1500 a day to look pretty. A rebel doesn't self destruct which is exactly what Gia did. It's far more difficult to live life and not self medicate with drugs like she did. She was beautiful and had a very different look, but she certainly wasn't the first ethnic looking model to break down doors. There was Janice Dickinson, Pat Cleveland, Beverly Johnson, Iman and the list goes on.
I think people glorify Gia or anyone who died young and pretty because of the "what ifs". share
Maybe I exaggerated my comments but this is my personal opinion, she was best, is best and will remain the best supermodel for me, regardless of her tragic life, obviously there will be better supermodels than her in fame and style, I agree with both and yes, she missed a great opportunity to become a great supermodel as result of drugs, she could have gone further and could have been one of the most recognized supermodels like cindy crawford, claudia schiffer or naomi campbell or it would have been great to see her modeling at the age of 40 like christie brinkley, carol alt or beverly johnson but failed, i want to have on my mind the image of the woman who was once a radiant supermodel and beautiful and not with the image of a junkie woman or problematic, jejej i did not mention janice dickinson because i don't think she's a great model but rather i think she's an annoying woman, bipolar, narcissistic, mediocre and overrated supermodel but that's another story, jajajaj what started as a question ended in a controversial discussion, but in a good way.
sharei did not mention janice dickinson because i don't think she's a great model but rather i think she's an annoying woman, bipolar, narcissistic, mediocre and overrated supermodel but that's another story
I agree with this in part. I do think Janice really was a good model. In her prime, she looked amazing and some of her pictures from the 70s and early 80s are stunning. Somewhere around the mid 1980s, she began to look harsh which I suppose was a result of her drug use. Nowadays she looks terrible not because she aged (which we all do, if we're lucky) but because of all of that terrible plastic surgery she had undergone. I don't know too many people who are fans of Janice the person. She's a crass egomaniac. Every time she trots out that "I'm the first supermodel, I INVENTED the word" crap I cringe.
What's funny is that Janice started out shy and unassuming. I suppose she got kicked around one too many times and decided to adopt an over the top persona which, instead of being intimating and formidable, alienates most people.
I think deep down she is a decent and nice woman. I bought her first book when it was released many years ago and it's actually quite a good read if you can get past the whole "I'm the best model ever" schtick. I even wrote her a letter after I read the book telling her how much I enjoyed reading it and she actually answered it. She even followed up with a lovely Christmas card. I still can't stand to watch her interviews or anything though. share
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I don't even think her look particularly "broke the standards"---the documentary had several models who were also brunettes and successful at the same time---or even slightly before Gia. While certainly that was the era of the California Girl, Gia was no more unique for having dark hair than she was for being a druggie
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